There's always that rich Jerkass -- the corporate snob, that one with the Lexus, that arrogant prick who's always looking down his nose at everybody else. He can have anything he wants, because Screw the Rules, I Have Money!.

But then shit hits the fan. Maybe it's a natural disaster, an unstoppable disease, the Titanic, or even The End of the World as We Know It. Or maybe it's merely a Communist revolution or a hyperinflation that makes all those money funny. Suddenly, all that wealth isn't worth so much, because people are more worried about plain ol' survival rather than making money. However, it could be on a much it's a much smaller scale -- maybe Kids Just Prefer Boxes or money simply isn't important to somebody.

Getting hit with this trope is typically a huge moment for any character used to money solving all their problems. Sometimes it can lead up to a Villainous BSOD or even a Heel-Face Turn. Or sometimes he just dies.

V for Vendetta: this is the final fate of Rich Bitch Helen, having lost all money and power, with her husband (who was in charge of the Norsefire party's Sinister Surveillance) dead, having just killed her lover (an up-and-coming street rat, who she was grooming to become the chief of Norsefire's goons), and the total collapse of the Norsefire party leaves her on the street. She desperately flings herself onto the first guy she recognizes as a former party member, trying to seduce him that with her they'll seize power. He no longer cares about any of it, and leaves her screeching.

Making Money plays with this trope: Moist Von Lipwig, Boxed Crook, works for the government as the leader of the National Bank, treating it as a complex con game, which, in a very real sense, it is. He faces the resistance of the Turvy family, who are the Royally Screwed Up shareholders of the bank. And while their money definitely grants them power, this power is mere leverage, not just Moist, but also their true opponent, the Big Good[[hottip:*sort of]] Vetinari, know and understand this much better than they do.

This is Koreiko's plight in The Little Golden Calf and the reason why he patiently awaits the end of the Soviet rule. Ostap Bender also learns to appreciate this trope when he finally makes it big.

In Battle Royale Oda is a rich asshole that claims he doesn't belong in the Program because his father works for the government. He finds out that they don't care one bit who you are. Everyone goes to the Program at random, even rich people.

Late Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar had a saying: "mi plomo o mi plata" ("my lead, or my silver"), which basically was saying if you don't take my money (and play ball), you'll take a bullet--basically an added incentive against Screw the Money, I Have Rules! for those who might otherwise be so inclined.

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